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gossip



I - noun
1. light informal conversation for social occasions (Freq. 3)
Syn:
chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab,
gab, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging,
chin-wagging, causerie
Derivationally related forms:
tittle-tattle (for: tittle-tattle), gossipy, gabby (for: gab), chitchat (for: chit chat), chitchat (for: chit-chat), chitchat (for: chitchat)
Hypernyms:
chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people (Freq. 2)
- the divorce caused much gossip
Syn:
comment, scuttlebutt
Hypernyms:
report, account
Hyponyms:
earful, rumor, rumour, hearsay, grapevine,
grapevine, word of mouth, scandal, dirt, malicious gossip,
talk, talk of the town
3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Syn:
gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
Derivationally related forms:
gossip (for: gossiper)
Hypernyms:
communicator
Hyponyms:
cat, scandalmonger, tattletale, tattler, taleteller,
talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth, yenta

II - verb
1. talk socially without exchanging too much information
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab,
chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw,
claver, visit
Derivationally related forms:
visitor (for: visit), chatter (for: chatter), chatterer (for: chatter), chitchat (for: chitchat), confabulation (for: confabulate), chat (for: chat), chit chat (for: chitchat), chit-chat (for: chitchat)
Hypernyms:
converse, discourse
Hyponyms:
shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. wag one's tongue;
speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
- She won't dish the dirt
Syn:
dish the dirt
Derivationally related forms:
gossiper, gossiping
Hypernyms:
talk, speak
Hyponyms:
rumor, rumour, bruit
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Sam and Sue gossip
- Sam wants to gossip with Sue

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